For help with recognizing and correcting fragments, see pages 234-36 of A Writer's Guidebook.

NOTE: Cutting, pasting, and adding or deleting text may cause awkward line breaks which you can correct by backspacing. 3. Sentence fragments Rewrite each of the following sentences to correct any sentence fragments. 1. John Adams delivered the 1755 Harvard commencement oration in Latin. An accomplishment that earned him a job teaching Latin in a one-room country school. John Adams delivered the 1755 Harvard commencement oration in Latin. An accomplishment that earned him a job teaching Latin in a one-room country school.   2. Adams studied to become a lawyer. While he was teaching school. Adams studied to become a lawyer. While he was teaching school.   3. After serving as minister to France and England, Adams returned to the United States. To serve two terms as Washington's vice president. After serving as minister to France and England, Adams returned to the United States. To serve two terms as Washington's vice president.   4. Adams distrusted the rising tide of Jeffersonian democracy in America. Because he was horrified by the French Revolution. Adams distrusted the rising tide of Jeffersonian democracy in America. Because he was horrified by the French Revolution.   5. Adams lived ninety years. Longer than any other president. Long enough to see his son become the sixth president. Adams lived ninety years. Longer than any other president. Long enough to see his son become the sixth president.   6. This weekend will be a busy one. Two papers and a take-home exam. This weekend will be a busy one. Two papers and a take-home exam.   7. Japanese Americans were interned in camps during World War II. Though they had committed no crime. Japanese Americans were interned in camps during World War II. Though they had committed no crime.   8. The disease pellagra did not strike staff working in prisons, orphanages, and asylums. Only the patients. The disease pellagra did not strike staff working in prisons, orphanages, and asylums. Only the patients.   9.Dr. Goldberger linked pellagra to a nutritional deficiency. A diet lacking in dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables. Dr. Goldberger linked pellagra to a nutritional deficiency. A diet lacking in dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables.   10. Goldberger's cure was not used. Because critics saw only an indictment of the traditional way of life in the rural South. Goldberger's cure was not used. Because critics saw only an indictment of the traditional way of life in the rural South. Please fill out the fields below to ensure correct delivery of your exercise. You will receive a confirmation notice. Your e-mail address Your instructor's e-mail address Your name CAUTION: If you check your answers and go back to this page using the links on the answer key, your changes will be gone. Use the back button on your browser to keep the changes intact. E-mail exercise to instructor Student answer key for this exercise (even-numbered answers only) Instructor answer key for this exercise (password protected)

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